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I WITNESSES, i 52% 11% N, PETERS. Pham-Lilhogrupher. Washmgion, D4 C4 UNr'rn STATES PATENT Prion.

HUGH OHARE, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN F. LEEGH, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIPICATIONforming part of Letters Patent N 0. 392,966, dated November 13, 1888.

\ Application filed August 23, 1888. Serial No. 283,529. (No model.)

State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates for Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in end gates for wagons;

and it consists in the novel. construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

.The object of my invention is to facilitate the removal of an end-gate from a wagon by a simple operation, and to secure the same therein by efiective means. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likeletters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a wagon-body with my improved construction shown in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a part ofa wagon-body, showing the manner of removing the end-gate. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a wagon-body and a slightly-modified form ofsecuring rod or hook. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on the line a a; of Fig. 2.

A indicates a wagon-body, which may be of any preferred form of general construction.

The one sidethereof is unbroken, while a part of the rear end of the other side is cut ofi' to provide a gate, A, which is connected to the main side-board by hingesa. This hinged gate A opens outward, and when closed continues the side of the wagon-body and makes it of equal length as the opposite side. On the inside of each side of the body, adjacent to the end thereof and in direct alignment, guide-strips a are secured. The guide-strip a adjacent to the hinged gate A has its rear side beveled, the angle of inclination thereof extending in a direction from the front of the body toward the rear, thereby providing an overhanging or projecting edge. The rear edge of the oppositely situated guide-strip a is straight or squared. These guide-strips may be constructed of wood or metal. Adjacent to the guide-stri p a, secured to the solid side of the body, is a metallic forwardly-inclined strip, a, and with the said guide-strip a forms a retaining-guideway for one end of the gate 0.

The gate 0 is preferably made of a plain board, and on the outer side of one end thereof has an outwardly-inclined metallic strip, a, bolted thereto, which is adapted to fit on the inside of and bear against the strip aflsecured to the side ofthe wagoubody. The opposite side of this end of the gate is constructed with a mortise, a which bears against the straight edge of the strip a adjacent to the metallic strip a WVhen the strip a is adjusted between the strips a and a and bearing against the strip a, the gate 0 is locked against longitudinal withdrawal and can only be unlocked in this way by turning the gate to one side, as shown in Fig. 2.

The opposite end of the gateO, fitting into the side of the body adjacent to the hinged gate A, has a beveled block, a, of suitable material, secured to the inner side thereof, which is adapted to fit against the rear beveled edge of the strip a adjacently situated. When the gate 0 has been arranged in contact with the strips a, the hinged section or gate A is closed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. When the said hinged section A is closed, as above stated and shown, a metal angle-strip, a secured to the said section, fits snugly against the outer rear side of the said gate and holds the block a snugly against the strip a. An eye, I), is secured to the upper part of the hinged section A, to which a hooked rod, B, is attached; and, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hooked end thereof is adapted to engage with a staple, b", driven into the gate 0. In Fig. 3 the said rod B is elongated and engages with an eye or staple, b driven into the opposite side of the body, or secured thereto in any desired manner. In either instance the function of the said rod B is the sameviz., to secure the hinged section A in a closed position.

The efficiency and utility of my improved construction are obviously apparent, and it is therefore thought unnecessary to further enlarge upon the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially as described, of the wagon-body, one of the sideboards of which is provided at the end with a hinged section, cleats or guides secured to the fixed side-boards, a cleat fixed to the hinged section, the end-gate, and a hook to secure the hinged section in line with its sideboard.

2. The combination, substantially as described, of the wagon-body, one of the sideboards of which is provided at the end with a hinged section, right-angled cleats or guides. seeu red to the long side-board and to the hinged section, undercut cleats or guides secured to the opposite side-boards in alignment with said right-angled guides, the tail-board provided at its opposite sides and ends with beveled blocks or plates to engage the diagonally-arranged undercut guides, and a hook to secure the hinged section in line with its side board.

In testimony whereof I affix my siguatu re in presence of two witnesses.

. HUGH OHARE. Witnesses:

.T. K. CLARK, HERMAN A. ZUiIN. 

